Monday, March 17, 2008
Writer: Shanna Relford
news@utsi.edu
Dr. Narendra Dahotre, professor in the Department of Materials
Science and Engineering, has recently been elected to the 2008 Class
of Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
He has been recognized for excellence and outstanding contributions
to basic understanding and engineering of laser-materials
interactions along with implementation of high power lasers for
materials processing and surfa
ce engineering.
Dr. Dahotre has served on a joint faculty appointment with
University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory since
2002, including working with the UT Space Institute in Tullahoma for
a portion of his time. However, for many years prior to joint
appointment, he worked for UTSI full-time.
UT Associate Vice President for UTSI Dr. Don Daniel said, “Dr.
Dahotre’s contributions to materials science and engineering are
among the very best in his field. I am delighted that the ASME has
elected him to this well deserved national honor.” Dahotre has
devoted his entire educational and professional career to developing
laser-based surface engineering for advanced materials, and is
internationally known for his work on the laser surface engineering
of metals, ceramics, polymers and composites. He began his work in
this field over 25 years ago as graduate student at Michigan State
University. Dahotre is most famous for his invention of LISITM
(Laser Induced Surface Improvement), a laser-based surface
enhancement process that reduces wear, erosion, corrosion and
oxidation of various mechanical components, thus extending their
life by over 30 percent.
Dahotre’s nominator, UTSI’s H.H Arnold Chair of Excellence Dr. Joe Majdalani, referred to Dr. Dahotre as “one of the most illustrious figures of the University of Tennessee” in his nomination.
Dr. Dahotre’s work on laser materials-interactions has been
documented in four books, 15 U.S. Patents, 11 proceedings and 169
papers. Dr. Dahotre has also received the 2006 R&D 100 Award, 2006
UT Chancellor's Research and Creativity Achievement Award, 2006 UT
College of Engineering Research Fellow Award and has been elected to
2004 Class of ASM Fellows.
